The Guyana Court of Appeal on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the judicial review appeal brought by businessmen Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed, ruling that their challenge to the Authority to Proceed (ATP) in the United States extradition case had “absolutely no merit.” In a ruling delivered by Acting Chancellor Roxane George, the appellate court upheld the earlier...

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A major step toward transforming Guyana’s correctional system was taken on Tuesday with the launch of accredited mental health and strategic leadership courses, through a partnership between the University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service. The initiative unveiled during the Guyana Prison Service’s ongoing Annual Senior Correctional Officers Conference at the Arthur Chung Conference...

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A shotgun was seized from a Wakapoa villager who is not a licensed firearm holder. According to a Police release, the firearm was found on Monday at about 23:00hrs during an operation conducted at Wakapoa Village, Lower Pomeroon River, Essequibo. Ranks went to the home of a 39-year-old chainsaw operator of Woodland, Wakapoa Village, where...

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…beef, skin recovered Kaieteur News – A cattle larceny investigation on the East Coast Demerara has led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man after police discovered beef, skin and one of the animals alive, at a property located at Factory Road, Paradise, E.C.D. A sixty-one-year-old farmer of Melanie Railway Embankment reported to police in […]

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Kaieteur News – Relatives of 12-year-old Jasmine Mahadeo have filed a missing person’s report, that she left her La Parfaite Harmonie West Bank Demerara on Saturday night and has not been seen since. The child was reportedly wearing shorts and camouflage top right before she disappeared from her home. Her father, Victor Mahadeo told this […]

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(Kaieteur News) – Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat on Monday said the operator of the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have agreed on a sole expert to settle the US$214 million dispute that arose from the first audit of the company’s expenses. The minister, in an invited comment, said an article […]

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